302d Troop Carrier Squadron

If you're information is correct, 302d TCS was an element of 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force at the time of your uncle's death. The squadron supported operations in Italy and France, dropping troops and releasing gliders of the 101st Airborne Division during the Normandy Invasion and dropping troops of 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during the Invasion of Southern France. 302d dropped troops of the 82d and 101st Airborne Divisions at Nijmegen, Holland 17 September 1944; supported 101st Airborne Division during the siege at Bastogne and released gliders of 17th Airborne Division over Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945.

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